Alexander Archipelago

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noun

an archipelago off the coast of SE Alaska.

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Words nearby Alexander Archipelago

alevin, alewife, Alex, Alexa, alexander, Alexander Archipelago, Alexander City, Alexander I, Alexander II, Alexander III, Alexander I Island

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Alexander Stephens, vice president of the Confederacy, summed up the Southern attitude in his 1861 Cornerstone Speech.
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The flight path remained close to the Indonesian archipelago, well within what is the normal reach of air traffic control radar.
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Alexander and Adorno were doing what they could to save the officer on the passenger side, Liu.
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Johnson dashed into the base and called to his partner, 23-year-old Tantania Alexander.
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The leaguers were now anxious to co-operate with the Americans in compelling the Spaniards to evacuate the Archipelago.
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The supremacy of the United States must and will be enforced throughout every part of the Archipelago.
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British Dictionary definitions for Alexander Archipelago

Alexander Archipelago

/ (ˌælɪɡˈzɑːndə) /

noun

a group of over 1000 islands along the coast of SE Alaska

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